A leap year, with its extra added day, 29 Febeuary, is generally thought to be a propitious time for embarking on important new projects. Choosing 29 February itself as the starting date is particularly astute as the projects is sure to prosper, and children conceived or born on that date ae thought to enjoy special blessings.

The best known tradiion connected with leap years is that this is the one time when girls can decently make marriage proposals. Men are warned that it is bad luck to turn such an offer down, though - according to the Scots - they will be immune from such ill fortune if the girl concerned has neglected to wear a scarlet flannel petticoat, which must be partly visible, under her dress. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Leap_year

Feburary /29: Old Slavic Velja Noc/Great Night/New Year's Eve--Spirits of the dead visit their living relatives, overseen by Veles, Lord of the Dead. People wearing animal masks and wool cloaks wandered through the villages representing the dead, and a grain effigy of the Morana of the old year was burned. Morana and Jarilo are born of Solntse (Goddess of the Sun) and Perun (God of the Sky). Veles steals Jarilo and raises him in Virey, realm of the dead. [a/k/a Wielkanoc]

Wiccans and Pagans have an animal companion that they consider their familiar. A familiar is part of the family. A familiar is often defined as an animal with whom we have a magical connection. If an animal has appeared in your life unexpectedly -- such as a stray cat that appears regularly, for instance -- it's possible that the animal may have been drawn to you magickally!